CTO, National Intelligence Division at Microsoft Federal
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Director of Sofware Development at USATODAY.com
- Director of Software Development at Prime Meridian Software
- Vice President of Software Development at ACI Telecentric
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Robert Shelton’s Summary
Accomplished and technical professional with deep experience directing leading-edge information management environments, including various support teams in a continuous operation environment. Blend hands-on leadership style with excellent communication skills to continually drive focused teams to performance excellence within rapidly changing industries. Track record in streamlining operations, increasing productivity, and leading projects to full fruition. Results-driven educator with capabilities to motivate, train, and mentor both employees and clients at all levels of technical expertise.
Robert Shelton’s Experience
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CTO, National Intelligence Division
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
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Software Development and Platform Evangelist
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Consult with federal agencies and Fortune 500 firms regarding their technology issues and educate them on how to remain competitive in areas of technology and efficiency. Build prototypes and deliver presentations that provide a better understanding of how to improve productivity organization-wide using Microsoft technologies and processes.
Key Achievements:
- Coordinated and implemented over 24 Microsoft technology conferences; personally presented to more than 10,000 managers, developers, and architects on IT and software development topics.
- Authored and published numerous articles on the newest technology innovations by Microsoft.
- Wrote a Microsoft workshop on Workflow Foundation Server and Service-Oriented Application Development (SOA) that was downloaded more than 200,000 times.
- Composed workshop series on Building Custom Document Workflow with SharePoint in September 2007, which was downloaded over 2,000 times in the first 2 weeks. -
Director of Sofware Development
USATODAY.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years )
Directed the day-to-day activities, including architecture and development of internal business / Web-based applications for the top general news Web site in the world. Led the development of systems that were architected to scale over 10 million transactions per day. Served as technical consultant to Gannett, the parent company, and USAToday’s executive management in areas of new technologies. Managed a staff of approximately 30 direct IT professionals and numerous indirect contract personnel and consultants. Acted as primary coordinator between IT and other departments, as well as the company’s Internet and newspaper divisions and the parent organization.
Key Achievements:
- Served as senior architect and technical leader for an automated publishing system that allowed the Internet division to reduce staff and manual processes necessary in publishing real-time news, while helping improve rankings from the #5 to #3 Internet news organization. -
Director of Software Development
Prime Meridian Software
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Recruited by company to re-engineer a four-year-old, two-tier Windows-based application into a multi-tiered Internet-based application for the medical school industry. Oversaw both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer solutions. In addition to performing as Sr. Architect / Designer, oversaw the day-to-day management of the Software Engineering Department to ensure completion within the 18-month target. Supervised 3 departmental managers, 20 Internet developers, and 2 network engineers. Led strategic development to establish the direction of the product and managed development processes.
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- Department Management (Staff of 20)
- Building a multi-tiered Product
- Assisting in sales efforts
- Sr. Software Developer on the project
- UML Design and Architecture of Product
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Vice President of Software Development
ACI Telecentric
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years )
Rebuilt an IT organization from ground up, automating many of the organization’s data processing and reporting systems. Managed an IT staff of 25, including 3 managers, 2 network engineers, and 20 developers / database managers throughout 2 data centers. Administered IT budgets of up to $2M. Maintained continuous operations and provided real-time reporting solutions for internal operations staff and external customers. Acted as primary liaison between IT, Sals, Operations, and Client Management Departments. Performed research and development of new processes / technologies. Managed the development of upgrades and enhancements to multi-tiered corporate management systems.
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